Ohio Balanced Growth Program

Balanced Growth: a voluntary, incentive-based strategy to protect and restore Lake Erie, the Ohio River, and Ohio's watersheds to assure long-term economic competitiveness, ecological health, and quality of life.The goal of the program is to link land-use planning to the health of watersheds and major water bodies.

The Program includes recommendations and resources for local governments who wish to implement Best Local Land Use Practices.

A Watershed Balanced Growth Plan is a framework for coordinated, local decision making about how growth and conservation should be promoted by local and state policies and investments in the context of watersheds. For a listing of current state endorsed watershed Balanced Growth Plans, see this page.

To see the map of the current Balanced Growth watersheds (pdf), click here.